There are two different activation codes listed for HSO 16-bit on the online shop:
HALion Symphonic Orchestra - VST Sound Instrument Set (Activation Code)
Activation Code to permanently activate your copy of HALion Symphonic Orchestra - VST Sound Instrument Set that came with Cubase 6. It does not work with Cubase 5
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HALion Symphonic Orchestra 16-bit Edition (Activation Code)
Activation Code to permanently activate your copy of HALion Symphonic Orchestra (HSO) 16-bit Edition that came with Cubase 5 or Cubase Studio 5.
As I currently own C5, I want #2. But it was my understanding that if I upgrade to C6, that the C5 HSO license will work with the C6 Soundset. Is that true? As it seems silly to offer a C6 only license in that case. (i.e. #1 works on C6 only, but #2 works on C5 & C6)
The C5 license (#2) is for the HSO plugin and the associated 16-bit library.
#1 is for the sound set that is used with Sonic SE on C6.
However I’m positive that I read that if you own #2 (HSO plugin 16-bit edition) and upgrade C5 to C6 that the HSO licesnse you already own will work with the C6 Sonic soundset.
Currently searching the forums to see if I can find where I read that.
HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST Sound Instrument Set
Cubase 6 contains a 60-day fully functional trial version of the HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST Sound Instrument Set, providing a wealth of acoustic orchestral instruments at their best. The trial version can be upgraded online to a permanent license at a very special price — exclusive for Cubase 6 customers. > Existing HSO users will be excited to find out that they can use HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST Sound Instrument Set with their existing license as a free update right away! > Capturing every nuance and detail of a full palette and dynamic range of strings, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments, this library includes an almost inexhaustible range of articulations and expressive playing technique, directly accessible in HALion Sonic SE and Cubase 6 — thanks to VST Expression 2.
in case you already have a licence for HALion Player (or HALion Sonic), it absolutely doesn’t matter which of those two licences you buy because the HSO 16-bit content is technically playable also in HALion Player and each of the licences you mentioned will cover both the sound contents (HSO 16-bit as well as HSO VST Inst. Set).
no, the HSO VST Instrument Set cannot be loaded into HP, that’s true. However, the sound content (the HSB files) that came with the HSO 16-bit edition can, indeed, be loaded into and played with HP.
of course, you need either the licence for HSO VST Instrument Set or the licence for the HSO 16-bit sound content. But once you have HALion Player and one of those licences, you should be able to load and play the HSO 16-bit content in HALion Player. At least, it works for me: I have the licence for HALion Sonic (which subsumes HALion Player) and the licence for HSO VST Instrument Set and I am able to play the HSO 16-bit content in HALion Player, instead of the HSO plugin.
C5 - you never bought the HSO Samples for Halion 3 OEM plugin.
C6 - you bought the license for the HSO SonicSE Sound Instrument Set
Is that correct?
I believe that if you bought the C5 HSO Samples for Halion 3 OEM Plugin, then the license for that also works on the C6 HSO SonicSE Sound Instrument set.
However its not clear to me if the reverse is true. i.e. you buy a license for the C6 HSO SonicSE Sound Instrument Set, I’m not sure if that same license will validate the C5 HSO Halion 3 OEM plugin. In fact if my assumptions in 1 & 2 above are accurate then you are saying that license will not work. This is also what the steinberg online shop seems to indicate.
So you say that the C6 license for the HSO VST Instrument Set works with the C5 HSO 16-bit sound content with Halion Player?
I wonder why the online store says the following?
HALion Symphonic Orchestra - VST Sound Instrument Set (Activation Code):
Activation Code to permanently activate your copy of HALion Symphonic Orchestra - VST Sound Instrument Set that came with Cubase 6. > It does not work with Cubase 5> .
I think Miloslav was saying that he has both VST sound set and H Sonic licenses and that enables him to play the HSO samples in HP. In my case, I hadn’t updated HSO trial that came with CS5 so I’m unable to play the HSO samples that are already located on my HD in HP.
Actually I think he’s saying that he only has the H Sonic license and that license enables him to play both the HSonic Content as well as the Halion Player HSO content.
Steinberg clearly states that if you already own the HPlayer HSO Sound Set that it will also work on the HSonic VST Instrument Set.
They do not clearly state the other way around. It would make sense for them to do it the other way around but they certainly don’t make it clear.
